ter
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4ADJ.
mean, stronger
VERB + TER
henning, say, speaks
TER + NOUN
anybody, child, history, summat
PREP.
about
Definitions
particle
Eye dialect spelling of to.
"Jesus Christ! Was my folks refined. My mam she wouldn't think-a lettin' us young'uns call a pee pot a pee pot. A chamber's what she called it... And by God! Us young'uns had ter call the pee pot a chamber or git our God damn necks wrang."
‘Do you mean ter tell me,’ he growled at the Dursleys, ‘that this boy – this boy! – knows nothin’ abou’ – about ANYTHING?’
prep
Eye dialect spelling of to.
"But he never speaks ter anybody, child—he hain't for years, I guess, except when he just has to, for business, and all that."
‘What about that tea then, eh?’ he said, rubbing his hands together. ‘I’d not say no ter summat stronger if yeh’ve got it, mind.’
adv
Eye dialect spelling of to.
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5"Jesus Christ! Was my folks refined. My mam she wouldn't think-a lettin' us young'uns call a pee pot a pee pot. A chamber's what she called it... And by God! Us young'uns had ter call the pee pot a ch
Wiktionary‘Do you mean ter tell me,’ he growled at the Dursleys, ‘that this boy – this boy! – knows nothin’ abou’ – about ANYTHING?’
Wiktionary"But he never speaks ter anybody, child—he hain't for years, I guess, except when he just has to, for business, and all that."
Wiktionary‘What about that tea then, eh?’ he said, rubbing his hands together. ‘I’d not say no ter summat stronger if yeh’ve got it, mind.’
WiktionaryRead the article "The History of Peh-oe-ji," by Henning Klöter, about the history of the writing system of the Hokkien Sinitic topolect.
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